Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-08-20
LOCAL NE WIS.
RrIef Mention.


Engraved visiting cards at Dorman's.
Rents collected promptly at Fl. P. Hoadley's.
Mains tent show exhibits on the Birming-
ham meadows next Monday.
Mrs. w. E. Sloan, of Birmingham, is seri-
ously ill at Asbury Park, N. ].
Rev. Mr.. Meserve of this city breaches in
the First church, Milford, tomorrow morn
ing.
Gardeners ice cream soda, LOGO Chapel
street, is very popular with New York peo-
pie stopping at the shore.
Miss Mary Stiles of Windsor, who cele-
brated her ninetieth birthday on the 28th of
May, died Thursday noon.
The Rev. G. w. Shelton and family are
home again in Birmingham from Dakota,
where they removed few weeks since.
Miss Lizzie STREET., recent graduate of the
Hogarth academy, has taken position as
bookkeeper in the Office of A. NJ. Holmes,
this city.
B. F. Hawley, town clerk of Bristol, is
critically i'll with kidney trouble, and at
his advanced age his recovery is considered
improbable.
Nathaniel Smith of Chatham, ninety-two
years old, went to Middletown yesterday and
had his picture taken. He served in the
war of 1912.
A large woodchuck was killed in Bridge
port recently at the corner of Kossuth and
Shelton streets by Phil Gilman, driver for
the Housatonic Ice company.
An excellent opportunity to get quarters
in comfortable and pleasant homelike place
he he 81,
concerning Bayside House, Stony Creek, in
another column.
Mrs. Sophronia B. Wooster, formerly of
Hartford, died in this city on Tuesday. She
was fifty-two years of age and leaves a
daughter. The remains were taken to Hart
ford for interment.
There were sixty-fve visitors who record
ed their names at the New Haven Historical
society rooms Thursday and many more yes
terday. A good share of them were strangers
who are visiting here.
The Matthews family held their fourteenth
annual reunion in Southington Wednesday
afternoon at the residence of John II. Mat
thews on Center street. Sixty-one sat down
to handsome spread.
There will be an open air temperance and
religious meeting in front of the State House
steps at quarter before six Sunday evaniDs.
There will be good singing and the speakers
will be Rev. John G. Collins and F. D. Lud-
ington.
Mr. Edward ]. Coffee, for fifteen months
past of No. steamer, has resigned his po-
sition to become superintendent of the
Chambers file works, where he was employed
for years before engaging in the fire depart
ment service.
All reports received by Colonel Tolles in
dictate that the reunion of the Fifteenth G..
V. next week will be largely attended. Over
one hundred have notified the committee
that they will attend. The Brsnford brass
band has been engaged for the occasion.
Chief Ellis will offer for sale at the public
sign-post in Derby, near the Mansion House,
August %, two shares of the Derby Agri-
cultural and Driving company which were
levied upon to collect a judgment granted
Friend E. Brooks, of New Haven, against
William A. Cowles, of Ansonia.
Tourists and travellers generally always
find what they want in the trunk and travel
ing bag line, great or small, elaborate or
of Burgess & Burgess, whose stock en-
braces all the varieties, including the best
and most durable to be found in the world
Herr Gottlieb Henness, the accomplished
instructor in German in Yale Divinity
school, and his granddaughter, Miss Char
lotte Wolf, were in PlainvilIe recently. Miss
Wolf is graduate of Bremen Musical con-
servatory, Germany, and has just returned
from there. She will teach German and
music in Plainville.
Miss Tillie L. Franz, daughter of Matthias
Franz, residing on Nicoll street near Ed
wards, and George Gerner of st. Paul, Mimi,
son of ex-Aldermau derner, are to be united
in marriage next Wednesday at the BRIDES
home. Young Mr.. Gerner is in business in
st. Paul and doing we'll and will take his
bride there to reside. He is very favorably
remembered by his many friends here and
the bride-eleot is young lady possessed also
of many friends